SCRIPT BREAK IIGENERAL EISENHOWER HAS MADE A DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT. THE NEW ITALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS PULLED OUT OF THE WAR AND IS ACTUALLY—ARE YOU READY FOR THIS—PREPARING TO SWITCH SIDES. YES, YESTERDAY’S ENEMY IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ALLIES.
SECRET TALKS HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN ROME BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF GENERAL EISENHOWER AND THE NEW ITALIAN BOSS, PIETRO BADOGLIO. EVER SINCE GENERAL GEORGE PATTON’S THIRD ARMY CROSSED THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA FROM NORTH AFRICA AND LANDED IN SICILY, THE ITALIANS HAVE BEEN GETTING MORE AND MORE UNHAPPY.
THEIR HOME-GROWN DICTATOR, BENITO MUSSOLINI, IT SEEMS, HAS TURNED INTO AN ERRAND-BOY FOR ADOLF. AND THE ITALIANS, WHOSE FABLED HOSPITALITY AND FAMOUS PASTA AND VINO ARE KNOWN WORLD-WIDE, DON’T LIKE ALL THOSE KRAUTS FREELOADING OFF THE FA
